Larry 最近一直在忙著幫老板準備講話稿。李華到Larry 的辦公室來看望他。
李華今天會學到兩個常用語：holed up和come up for air.

    LL： It is so nice to see you Li Hua. I've been holed up in the office
for days trying to get this presentation done for my boss.

    LH： Larry，我知道你忙著給你老板準備報告，可你說在辦公室好幾天干什
么來啦？Hold up ，這不是搶劫嗎？

    LL： No ， not a hold up. I said "holed up". Well ， when I said I
had been holed up here in the office， I meant I hadn't left my office
in days ，

    LH：原來如此。你是說你在辦公室好幾天沒出去。Holed up就是由于某種原
因呆在一個地方很久沒法出去。

    LL： Right. I've been holed up here for three whole days now. I feel
kind of like a rabbit sleeping in his rabbit hole for the winter.

    LH：你覺得自己好象是只兔子鉆在洞里過冬！說得真形象。對了，我是有好
幾天沒見到你了，好象不止三天哪！

    LL： When you were holed up working on your thesis， Li Hua. I didn't
see you for a long time.

    LH：那到也是。我在趕論文的那段時間常常好幾天都不出門，真有鉆進了洞
里的感覺。

    LL： Well ， if you have to be holed up somewhere ， your apartment
is a pretty good place. At least it is comfortable.

    LH：這倒是真的。我呆在家里好幾天，是覺得很舒服，不象你這辦公室，累
了連個躺的地方都沒有。

    LL： There is a sofa in the break room. I've been taking naps there.

    LH：你在休息室里的沙發(fā)上睡個午睡就行啦？ Larry，你還要多久才能準備
好你老板的報告呀？你這么老呆在這里不回家，對你的身體不好。

    LL： Never mind ， I'm strong. I'll finish my boss's presentation
in a few days.

    LH：還要幾天才能完成這報告呀？這樣做，時間長了你會生病的。生了病，
你可就真的不能出門了。You'll be holed up at home.

    LL： At this point， being holed up at home sounds a lot better than
being holed up here at work.

    LH： Larry，還是跟我出去呼吸一下新鮮空氣，你再回去繼續(xù)干。

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    LL： Thanks for getting me out of the office， Li Hua. I just had
to come up for air.

    LH：你不用謝我，我寫論文的時候，你也把我拽出來休息休息。Larry ，你
說"come up for air" 大概是指換換環(huán)境，呼吸點新鮮空氣，休息一下，是嗎？

    LL： Right， I felt like I was drowning under all that work. Coming
up for air was just what I needed.

    LH：我跟你有同樣的感覺。學期結束前我趕著寫一篇報告時候，好幾天沒出
門；我覺得自己真的好象被那些書和筆記本給淹沒了。

    LL：I know. You looked so pale and evenly sickly. That's why I practically
dragged you out to come up for air.

    LH：我當時確實感到好象要生病的樣子。幸虧你拉我出去換換空氣，休息了
一下。好吧，你現(xiàn)在想做些什么呢？

    LL： Well ， I remember when you were working on your thesis， Li
Hua ， I'd get you to come up for air by asking you to go for a walk in
the park.

    LH：我記得你帶我去的那個公園。那里有各式各樣的花。好吧，我們上那公
園去散步。

    LL： OK ， let's go for a walk in the park for a little while. I know
I'll work better after coming up for some air.

    LH：我敢肯定你散步，休息后工作起來會更有效的。對了，明天我要說服我
的同Lisa也出來休息一下。

    LL： Why？ What is she working on ？

    LH：她正在找工作，所以忙著在網(wǎng)上，報上查招聘廣告，寄幾十份履歷給公
司，填寫申請工作的表格……她已經(jīng)有一個星期沒有出門了。

    LL： Sounds like she does need to come up for some air. If she wants
to come out for air tomorrow， maybe I can join you too.

    LH：那太好了。你們倆都應該注意休息。You two should come up for air
sometimes ！

    今天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是" holed up" ，意思是一個人由于某種
原因在一個地方不能出門。李華學到的另一個常用語是"come up for air" ，意
思是換換環(huán)境，休息一會兒。